It looks like a trashbag coming out of a finely patterned neck pillow. But if you find yourself colliding with a car while on your bike, it could actually save your life. Meet Hövding, the invisible bike helmet. It's a real, actual thing. But it won'...

Sitting for hours hunched over a laptop would be healthier if you were sitting at a desk with a built-in cycle underneath, where pedaling would generate electrical power to charge your laptop. The design firm Pedal Power created two such cycling gene...

After a long day at work, the last thing you want to do is fumble to unlock your bike before commuting home. The BitLock makes unlocking much easier and faster by turning your smartphone into a virtual bike key. First, the smartphone must be enabled ...

UPDATE: Rideye cameras will now feature twice the video history-- 2.5 hours instead of the original 1.25 hours. The campaign is on track to hit quantities much higher than originally anticipated, which allows the purchase of components at a lower cos...

For cyclists who want to ride faster, but are reluctant to buy a pricey e-bike, the Rubbee bicycle mount may be a happy medium. Once attached, the device converts your regular bicycle into electric bike that moves at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour...

Back in June, we brought you news about a Czech prototype for a flying electric bicycle. But now a British company claims to have designed a foldable flying bike that can travel 25 miles per hour -- in the air. London-based XploreAir designed the "Pa...

A Northern California company is taking bike lights to a new level by developing LEDs that light up wheels with custom images and animations. MonkeyLectric's Monkey Light Pro system for bicycle wheels creates a LED light show when the bike is moving....

A group of students in France crafted wooden, energy-producing stationary bicycles from trash. These novel bikes were recently used to power a film festival screening in St. Étienne. The whole thing started last year when a group of green-minded engi...

If you bike at nighttime, you're probably all too familiar with the challenges of keeping visible on the road. Reflectors and standard bike lights often help, but a Northern California startup has a unique solution that incorporates LED lighting dire...

If you've ever had your bicycle stolen, you're probably familiar with the frustration of losing your two-wheeled mode of transport. A Chicago-based startup is addressing that pain point with a gadget that alerts your smartphone when your bike is tam...

Sometimes the best thing to do is to go off the beaten path, especially if you're going to do it with a bike. That's the idea behind this awesome ad for the Pinarello Dogma 2, the bike that won the 2012 Tour de France. The biker, Martyn Ashton, took ...

When it comes to a city's growing pains, such as traffic congestion and deteriorating air quality, the best solutions don’t need to reinvent the wheel. The bicycle, a kids' toy for some and extreme sports prop for others (not to mention, muse for the...

There are already a number of apps that sync wirelessly with fitness gadgets that track your speed and heart rate while you're out running or biking. But what happens when you can't get outside to train? Wahoo Fitness has unveiled the KICKR Power Tra...

EcoXGear's EcoXPower is a one-of-a-kind device that attaches to a bike and uses pedal power to simultaneously light up a headlamp and tail light as well as charge a smartphone. The attachment clamps onto the bike's front wheel hub with a universal mo...

A resurrected hover vehicle won't fly through dense forests as effortlessly as the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi, but its intuitive controls could someday allow anyone to fly it without pilot training. The aerial vehicle resembles a science f...

Cogoo has turned a BMX bike into a DJ bike with a music turntable that lets you mix tracks on the go. The Japanese bike-sharing program created the Turntable Rider, which has tweaked features. Cogoo turned the wheels of the bicycle into turntables, t...

Ever wonder what your bike is thinking during those, hot sweaty summer rides (aside from wishing you hadn't opted for the skin-tight spandex short-shorts)? Well, now you can get a better idea of what's going on in the subconscious of the two-wheeled ...

An ongoing festival in London is offering a unique way of keeping up with happenings: following a tweeting bike on Twitter. The East Festival -- boasting a "uniquely rich creative mix of East London" -- will be documented in part by the "Twike", a tw...

Whether you're into cars, boats, motorcycles, or bikes, there are others that feel the same way. Sites like Motortopia have created networks around this love of vehicles, and other communities like TheBoaters have come along to fill in the niche mark...

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